Evidence: | 'It has of late been the fashion to compare the style of Addison and Johnson, and to depreciate, I think very unjustly, the style of Addison as nerveless and feeble, because it has not the strength and energy of that of Johnson. Their prose may be balanced like the poetry of Dryden and Pope. Both are excellent, though in different ways. Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so that he insinuates his sentiments and tastes into their minds by an imperceptible influence. Johnson writes like a teacher'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1750 and 5 Apr 1765 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | James Boswell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 29 Oct 1740 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | lawyer / writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Joseph Addison |
Title: | [essays] |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20800 | |
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Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 160-1 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 160-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20800, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. |
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